Managing Health Care: Overview

  • Smart Decisions: Know Your Options

    05/01/08, Healthwise

    Throughout your life you have to make health decisions for yourself and your family. The decisions you make influence your overall well-being as well as the quality and cost of your care. In general, people who work with their doctors to

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  • All In Good Time

    12/01/06, Women's Health

    Forget the walker and the dentures. New medical innovations — and your own smart choices— can get you to a super-healthy centennial

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  • Health Insurance Plans: What's Important?

    11/04/08, Johns Hopkins University

    Here are questions you might want to investigate before deciding on your health insurance plan for next year. Some answers may be difficult to find.

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  • Choosing Health Insurance: Where to Start

    10/30/08, Johns Hopkins University

    As a physician, my biggest concern with a health insurance plan is whether a patient is able to access all aspects of care.

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  • Making Wise Health Decisions

    06/20/07, Healthwise

    Throughout your life you will have to make health decisions for yourself and your family. The decisions you make will influence your overall well-being as well as the quality and cost of your care. In general, people who work with their d

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  • Home Medical Records

    05/01/08, Healthwise

    Where are your medical records?

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  • Medication Monitoring

    11/17/08, Healthwise

    Medication monitoring measures the level of a medicine in the blood to make sure the dosage of medicine is correct. Sometimes the amount of medicine that helps (therapeutic level) is very close to the amount that can cause harm (toxic le

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  • Seven Diseases Doctors Miss

    12/04/06, Prevention

    How to know if you're at risk

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  • Don't Be a Pill

    12/01/06, Women's Health

    What frustrates M.D.'s most? Paperwork, malpractice suits...and their patients. Yup, even sweet little you. Learn how not to drive your doctor crazy and you'll both feel a lot better

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  • Chemistry Screen

    04/17/08, Healthwise

    A chemistry screen is a blood test that measures the levels of several substances in the blood (such as electrolytes). A chemistry screen tells your doctor about your general health, helps look for certain problems, and finds out whet

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